The true believer
Subtitle: thoughts on the nature of mass movements.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Harper
Published: 1951
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Social groups; Social psychology; Fanaticism
Description: A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer--the first and most famous of his books--was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences. Completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today, The True Believer is a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.--From publisher description.